Monday, October 22, 2012

IGWRT's Sunday Mini-Challenge - Jueju

Boldly you approach, swallow me

whole, nudge my quivering knees

as I give way, float

upon riverbed of spent passion.

by Margaret Bednar, 10-22-2012

This is for Imaginary Garden with Real Toad's "Sunday Mini-Challenge: Jueju" This is one of the oldest of Chinese poetry patterns and was very popular in the 3rd century. It often carried "suggestively erotic themes". It does not tell a story but attempts to create a mood. The English version has the following guidelines: 5 words per line, 4 lines per stanza, theme suggestive of erotic love, couplets or rhymes.

The photos I took this weekend as my youngest daughter and I hiked the Linville Gorge and Waterfall located in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway. It was a long, tiring day, and possible one of the most difficult hikes I have ever experienced. The second path to the bottom of the falls is root, rock and bolder filled and very steep in places. I didn't read a brochure until AFTER we completed the hike, but it is recommended to only partake of the hike if you are in reasonably good shape as it is very difficult.

I had to read it twice. the image at the start had me going one way, but by the time I hit the end I caught the hit of your suggestive theme. I had to go back and read it again to make sure I was reading it right. very nicely done!

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